chiropody
Meaningcare of hand and foot
Common meaning: care of the feet
- chirthe handLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 830 · scan
- poda footLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1261 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘the hand’ + ‘a foot’ → chiropody
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- chir — Greek χείρ “the hand” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- pod — Greek πούς, ποδός “a foot” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek χείρ ‘the hand’ + Greek πούς ‘a foot’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry πούς, p. 1261 · dictionary scan
Roots
- πούς, ποδός Greek “a foot”
- χείρ Greek “the hand”
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